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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Leyton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 8aI nfantile M ortality D uring the Y ear 1938—W ards.

TABLE 8a

I nfantile M ortality D uring the Y ear 1938—W ards.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Ward not known.Total Leaths under 1 Year.
Smallpox....................................
Chicken pox..................:::...............
Measles....................................
Scarlet fever....................................
Whooping cough...1.....................1...2
Diphtheria and croup....................................
Influenza....................................
Tuberculous meningitis....................................
Abdominal tuberculosis....................................
Other tuberculous diseases.....................................
Meningitis (not tuberculous)....................................
Convulsions....................................
Laryngitis....................................
Bronchitis...............2...............2
Pneumonia (all forms)1221...213.........14
Diarrhœa....................................
Enteritis.........2...11......1...6
Gastritis....................................
Syphilis....................................
Rickets....................................
Suffocation, overlying....................................
Injury at birth...........................1
Atelectasis.........1...............1...2
Congenital malformations11...31......1.........7
Premature birth33...543142......25
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...........................1...1
Other causes...12......3...21...110
Totals5841261141054170